Think donald trump showing you is all that important. We had it worse. This is a surreal bizarre and embarrassing moment for our country where a set of Public Service we are getting the bulgarians. Coming to the forefront due to many reasons. Talk radio, the internet. You know, a zillion reasons why but i find it troubling t thing we have about 15 percent Approval Rating in congress has about a 10 percent. 90 percent of the americans dont Like Congress because they dont feel like there doing a job. Y are doing i dont know who that 10 percent is, but thats a lot of us. That conserva the conservation thing trying to protect part of the arctic. Congressman young from alaska, a conservativefrom alask rightwing guy drill baby drill, i went back to my university of my god, texas has a lot of big while people. I heard from conservatives. Youyou are dispersed. I dont agree with you onpu a the issue, im glad you told that congressman off meaning , people just despise the dysfunction in washingt
Terms of civil rights leaders recognize either a connection or are related to her, Pretty Amazing and thank you for your research on that. Those who have questions make your way to the microphone, we will cover two other areas and open up to your questions. I want to start with Linda Hirshman. Why do you think it is that Justice Ginsberg has been so coceo in forming friendships with people who are so ideologically different than she . People ask me that a lot. Who besides Justice Scalia do you have in mind . Justice oconnor. Lets talk about some more interesting things, her relationship with Justice Oconnor. When i started writing the book, it went to lunch together, and went to the store. I wanted a shoe guy at the store near the Supreme Court. That would have been a scope. Endeavour sneaked out to lunch together. I asked every person who believes in their vicinity whether they see jobs together. They would not be they had an affectionate alliance. One of the lessons i hope people in
Is the message that youre getting out. She did something a lot like sander did, which was by being there and being successful at it she got a message out that has very little to do with kale. In my opinion. N as [laughter]e but thats i think she was the icon as was sandra. It took in her case as it did in both sanders and ruth cases and on believable amount of selfdiscipline. I think that is an excellent place rest and. Unfortunately we are out of time. Please join me in thanking our authors today. [applause]. They will be adjourning to the u of a bookstore sales tend to end signing area booth number 153. Thank you again. [inaudible conversationaller join us to discuss the 2016 president ial Campaign Including the wisconsin primary and then we have Media Coverage of the Campaign Including recent remarks by president obama on political journalism and the wall street journal discusses the latest monthly jobs report. All farm jobs that are unpleasant is referred to as stoop labor and this
Similarly, i was a professional woman in the 70s and part of the movement to try to get the president to try to appoint more women to the federal courts at all much less the Supreme Court. So when Sandra Day Oconnor was appointed to the Supreme Court it meant the world to me. I was so hoping it would happen just like she said. She said it is okay to be the first. But i do not want to be the last. And i was watching her because i was so many first. And i didnt want to have her fail. I wanted to be the next one. Two; they were really my offensive lines. Host when will we see a woman chief justice . Guest there was talk of making oconnor chief justice. She would have been great. She was so fair and widely respected. John robert is a young man so i want to say in probably 40 years. Host next call is jay in toledo, ohio. We are listening and you are on with Linda Hirshman. We are talki about the Supreme Court. Caller thank you. Linda, you have such a wonderful sense of humor. It is so great
Okaygreetings from the National Archives flagship building in washington, dc, which, on the Ancestral Lands of the two college tang peoples. Im david farrell, archivist, the united and its my pleasure to welcome you to. Todays conversation with Linda Hirshman about her new book, color of abolition, which examines the alliance among Frederick Douglass. William lloyd garrison and Maria Weston Chapman in the fight to enslave in the United States, joining author in conversation is margaret sullivan, columnist at the washington post. In the decades before the civil war, Frederick Douglass emerged as the foremost orator and writer for the abolition movement. Abraham lincoln said of douglass, there is no man in the country whose opinion i value more than yours. And that lincoln second inauguration douglass sat near the president. How came to be on the side of the president is a story told in the color of abolition. Our featured book for todays program. Linda hirshman describes how the team of